General Orders to all Starfleet Officers
1st General Order (Prime Directive)
It is forbidden to interfere with the normal development of any culture
or society. All losses are tolerated as long as they are necessary to
observe this General Order.
2nd General Order
3rd General Order
It is an officer's duty to use all devices under his or her command to
protect the life of intelligent lifeforms, even if this means to
endanger him/herself, or his/her ship. If an intelligent lifeform is
harmed due to an officer acting or not acting this is treated equal as a
violation of the 2nd General Order.
4th General Order:
An officer shall follow a superior's order at his or her best, unless
these would result in a violation of the Prime, 2nd or 3rd General Order.
5th General Order
An officer shall use all his power to protect the safety of Starfleet, the
United Federation of Planets, it's memberworlds and their representatives
unless this would violate General Orders 1 to 4.
6th General Order
If the entire personnel on board a ship is deceased or would become
incapable of acting during a period of 24 hours the ship should be
destroyed to prevent other lifeforms or ships from being contaminated.
7th General Order
Repealed.
Formerly: Under any circumstances ever, even if in a case of emergency,
a Federation ship is not allowed to visit Talos IV. Ignoring this General Order will lead
to a death penalty.]
8th General Order
9th General Order
No Federation ship is allowed to visit a planet or star system that was
put under quarantine by the United Federation of Planets or the
Starfleet, unless this necessary by General Order 1 to 5.
10th General Order
An Starfleet officer is responsible under laws and orders of the United
Federation of Planets, its memberworlds and their representatives, including
Starfleet. He or she is subject to any prosecution by authorities under
the named laws.
11th General Order
A Starfleet officer shall respect contracts and bondings made by the
United Federation of Planets and their memberworlds and provide any aid
requested by the signers of those contracts or bondings.
12th General Order
While approaching a ship when no communication has been made or isn't
possible, safety procedures are to be held.
13th General Order
While wearing a starfleet uniform an officer is prohibited to give
informations or equivalent aid to the Federation's enemies or to groups
which represent a danger for the Federation, its memberworlds or
their representives.
14th General Order
An officer shall not act improper or indecent or show an offensive or
modesting behaviour against other lifeforms.
15th General Order
No flag officer shall beam into a hazardous area without armed escort.
16th General Order
An officer can be convicted by at least three commanding officers for a
crime violating Starfleet General Orders or Federational laws.
17th General Order
In absence of the commanding officer, if he or she gets killed or if
he or she is misfit or incapable the highest officer by rank takes over
command, even if he or she does not belong to the standard personnel
on board.
18th General Order
An officer is not allowed to start or to take part in a mutiny against
his or her superiors. Mutiny will be judged as violation of the 4th General Order.
19th General Order
An officer can be recalled from duty at any time if he or she is judged to
be incapable of fulfilling his duty for medical or psychological reasons by
the ship's medical officer or by two commanding officers.
20th General Order
Federation ships shall give any aid and support requested by registered
private or commercial ships from the the United Federation of Planets,
and they are allowed to take disciplinic or offensive actions against
illegal acting ships or hostile ships operating in federational territory.
21st General Order
A Federation ship is not allowed to transport any substance or freight, which
is classified as illegal by the Federartion, nor an illegal quantity
of any susbtance or freight, nor any weapon not registered by the
Federation's tradeoffice. Destructive lifeforms also fall under this
General Order. Federation ships are allowed to search a ship under suspect
of smuggling and to confiscate any found smuggled goods.
22nd General Order
At contact with a planet who does not make any progress in its evolution
or which is under foreign control an officer is allowed to make changes within
the social structure with the aim to lead the planet on a course towards
a technological civilisation. Any misuse of this General Order is regarded
as violating the Prime Directive.
23rd General Order
The destruction of one or more intelligent lifeforms is only allowed to
prevent a violation of the Prime Directive, and also only if there is no other
way to prevent this violation. Any misuse of this General Order is regarded as
violation of the 2nd General Order.
24th General Order
The destruction of the entire intelligent life on the surface of a planet
is only allowed, if the inhabitants of the named planet have severely violated the
Prime Directive. Such an action can only be ordered by a commanding officer
with captain's rank or higher. This officer is solely responsible for this
action. Any misuse of this General Order is regarded as violating the Prime Directive.
AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OFFICERS OF
CAPTAIN'S RANK OR HIGHER ONLY
Omega Directive
The omega particle, given its potential destructive nature towards subspace,
is a threat to space-fearing civilizations throughout the galaxy. For this reason,
any and all omega particles found by Starfleet must be destroyed. This Directive
comes before all other, including the Prime Directive.
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